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DOD strategy reports show rising nuclear tensions - Roll Call

Documents reveal growing U.S. military focus on adjusting policies, plans and programs to respond to Russian threats to use nuclear weapons.

Roll Call

Putin: "It doesn't make sense" for Russia to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine

"We have only hinted in response to statements made by western leaders."

Axios

Putin accuses Liz Truss of being ‘out of it’ over comments on nuclear weapons

It comes amid concerns that with Russia struggling to make ground in Ukraine, Mr Putin could turn to nuclear weapons.

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Vladimir Putin accuses UK of 'nuclear blackmail' against Russia in chilling speech

Vladimir Putin accused Britain and the West of playing a "dangerous, dirty and deadly game" in Ukraine and claimed that the era of western domination was over

Daily Mirror

Factbox-Has Putin threatened to use nuclear weapons?

The West says Russia has made repeated threats to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine, but what has President Vladimir Putin actually said on the possible use of nuclear weapons?

Reuters

Ukraine defence minister says he doesn't believe Putin will use nuclear weapons

Ukraine's Defence Minister Oleksiy Reznikov said on Wednesday he did not believe Russia's President Vladimir Putin would use nuclear weapons.

Reuters

Trump bragged about new US nuclear weapons, Woodward tape shows

Former president told Washington Post reporter: ‘We have stuff that Putin and Xi have never heard about before’

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Vladimir Putin 'in trouble' as terrifying nuclear missile appears 'untrustworthy'

One theory is that Russian officials are hyping dirty bombs precisely because they realise their nuclear arsenal is untrustworthy and not ready for use

Daily Mirror

Putin’s wild claims of a dirty bomb show just how badly his army is faring

With his conventional warfare campaign failing, the Russian leader is reaching for ever more desperate tactics, says chemical and nuclear weapons expert Hamish de Bretton-Gordon

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine war: Putin escalates with sabotage and 'false flag' operations leaving the west struggling to find a response

From the start of his invasion of Ukraine, the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, has employed the threat of escalation to the use of nuclear weapons as a means to deter western support. He has aimed to spread fear in Europe as a means to undermining solidarity with Kyiv. And as…

The Conversation

Letters to the Editor: November 2022

On nuclear disarmament, elementary schools, and garlic in a jar

The Walrus

Commentary: The West has failed — North Korea is a nuclear state

The world might not want to hear it, but Kim Jong Un might be right.

Tribune News Service

Ukraine's Zelenskiy: only Russia could use nuclear arms in Europe

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday that only Russia was capable of using nuclear weapons in Europe.

Reuters

Russian threats revive old nuclear fears in central Europe

Fighting around Ukraine’s nuclear power installations and Russia’s threats to use nuclear weapons have reawakened nuclear fears in Europe

The Independent UK

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Putin's 'bid to test nuclear weapon for use in Ukraine has failed twice,' claims insider

Amid fears nuclear weapons could be fired on Ukraine, it is claimed Russia's president has faced some mysterious disruption with his atomic weapon ambitions - with suggestions it could be sabotage

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin tried to detonate nuke but his plans were 'sabotaged', insider claims

As the world fears Vladimir Putin could fire nuclear weapons on Ukraine, it is claimed that the Russian President is facing disruptions with his atomic weapon plans due to 'sabotage' or technical issues

The Conversation

Ukraine war: this conflict is just further evidence that Putin's Russia is now a rogue power

Given where most of the fighting and dying is taking place it is easy to think that the current European security crisis is primarily about Ukraine. This tendency is reinforced by the fact that Russia and the west are keen to keep the war limited to Ukrainian territory.

Daily Mirror

Staff at top secret nuclear weapons base could go on strike in pay row

The dispute is taking place at the Atomic Weapons Establishment in Aldermaston, Berks

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Wales Online

Workers maintaining UK's nuclear weapons to vote on strike action

The ballot opens on October 24 and will run for two weeks

Wales Online

'Severe consequences' for Vladimir Putin if he uses nuclear weapons, Downing Street warns

The Prime Minister's official spokesman said the UK Government was 'taking a strong lead in this area'

The Independent UK

Putin will face ‘severe consequences’ if he uses nuclear weapons, No10 warns

Downing Street said Vladimir Putin is already conducting ‘a senseless and barbaric attack on civilians across Ukraine’.

The Independent UK

Why did Russia invade Ukraine and what could happen next?

Vladimir Putin’s military assault continues in face of near-unanimous international condemnation

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia Says Seized Ukrainian Lands Are under Its Nuclear Protection

Russia said on Tuesday that four Ukrainian regions whose annexation it proclaimed last month are under the protection of its nuclear arsenal. The statement from the Kremlin came at a moment of acute tension, with both NATO and Russia expected to hold military exercises shortly to test the readiness of…

Reuters

Nuclear threat more useful to Russia than nuclear strike, Norway's armed forces chief says

The West should listen carefully when Russian President Vladimir Putin talks about using nuclear weapons but should remember that it is more useful for him to threaten their use than to go ahead, the head of Norway's armed forces told Reuters.

Daily Mirror

Probability of nuclear war is now the same as 'Russian roulette', says scientist

Leading scientist Professor Max Tegmark has worked out that the probability of an apocalyptic nuclear war over the Ukraine crisis now stands at just one in six or the same as Russian roulette

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